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As seen on an 06 plate Vauxhall Astra, in for wheel alignment!!

This run trashed the rad again, so with a Corsa rad in its place Andy came out to play and ran 8.96 second quarter mile at about 156mph through the finish, with wheelie bars on!

Yes I can do a Z4 for you, but not til Wednesday at the earliest, having a bit of r & r over Easter. Give us a ring on 01204 392995 and let us know when you wnt it doing and what specifications you want, ie standard or your own or a set from Tony. Pete

I'll second the tsw venoms! Bog awful things, usually with curb rash round the edge.

Try this with speakers on max. Sorry about video quality, it was raining as he left on a 50 mile jaunt home!

May have some by weekend.

Andy has now got the car finished and back on the road today, maybe not the best day to go out in an overpowered, roofless, screenless car, but hey thats Andy!

Yes (orange inner wing pic up at the top), and camber. Strut brace and subframe brace also. Lateral float? do you mean the car moving side to side over the axle? I was meaning to allow the axle to articulate to allow both wheels to stay in contact with the road as the body rolls rather than lifting a wheel as the bushes restrict articulation. Am I not getting it?

Any suggestion on brands to consider and which to avoid. Last ran it with 225/60 15 Goodyear Eagle F1 gsd2, which were very good but noisy. Tyre pressures are 30psi all round. These Mustangs are notoriously twitchy, on the limit. They seem to lean and suddenly unload one rear wheel, causing loss of control ( from my own experience) Would spherical bearings in one end of all rear suspension links help allowing more axle articulation rather than poly bushes which would bind sooner causing wheel lift as the body rolls?

I would welcome any advice on tyre choice for my Mustang. Originally fitted with 225/60 15v, now on 17" rims, am considering 225/45, 235/45 or 245/40's. Would like something progressive not out and out grip, so that when they get to their limit I am not going as fast as super grippy tyres ( on trackdays, of course). Car is 1989 5.0 manual Mustang, Macpherson strut front, live rear axle 4 linked like the old mk3,4,5 cortina but with panhard rod added.

Already did that last year! http://peterdonaldson5305.fotopic.net/p53626649.html http://www.nsra.org.uk/newforum/showthread.php?t=15001 Hopefully the new cage will reduce chassis flex and allow the suspension to work!! What do you think, Tony?

I'll have the one on the right please!

Car now nearly ready for the new season!! http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/andy...er/Image017.jpg http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7NZVVypQE THIS IS THE ENGINE FOR THIS YEAR!

Plenty sharp edges on glued chassis to open up the back of your hands!

Just to butt in on this thread, re European cars, Tony, how do you deal with Pug, Citroen, they require loads of weight to get to the measurement height. Saxo/106 etc sit on their arse at adjustment height?

And I thought it was the women that were bitchy! Glad I cleared up that confusion

In the pictuer the front of the car is to the rhs so caster adjusters are the smaller ones at 12 and 6 o'clock, the 3 larger ones allow camber ajustment.

Better photo of how it works! http://s336.photobucket.com/albums/n321/89...mustangwing.jpg Typical American "engineering" plenty bfni!

We are getting there slowly.

Its cold and dark, I have young family, and i work in a garage during the day! Probably just lazyness realy

No, made by Maximum Motorsport USA. As standard the Mustang is camber adjustable with a similar set up, but this gives caster as well. The guy who had the car must have gone through the catalogue, as there was over £2500 of bits in boxes or already fitted. Bilstein dampers and lowered springs, 4 wheel disc brake kit (everything down to brake pipes and flexys and all clips to fit.), 17" Cobra alloys (genuine Ford) and loads more.

Just thought I would show a few pics of some of my current cars! Not enough frequent progress to put it in the blogs bit. Blue Mustang pictured in the pits at Oulton on an Open pitlane day. Very interesting as I only had good brakes for 4 laps! Entering the pitlane at 20mph we passed most of the garages even with the brakes full on, very smoky. Car was written off 4 years ago when it "fell off" a motorway slip road. It will now donate its vital organs to the black/orange/primered model in the pics, eventually. Dutton is Rover v8 but still lots to do. Te Mustang was never supposed to be a project!!! There is also a Triumph Dolomite 1300tc and a 1964 Cortina MK1 http://s336.photobucket.com/albums/n321/89gtgt/mustang/

What, those in the boot well? The short gas struts that are near the hinges!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bmw-e36-boot-struts-...id=p3286.c0.m14 These things. I see..... But don't see the relevance of these to the thread? I know i go on and on about them but why do they make it sooooo complicated? "We have a BMW 7 series, finally we concluded it was an E38" E 38 will be on the struts....easy. Just trying to help!

All filmed on private land! The car did drive home like that, no trailer round the corner.

What, those in the boot well? The short gas struts that are near the hinges!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bmw-e36-boot-struts-...id=p3286.c0.m14 These things.